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Terms and Conditions of Use for Public Safety Broadband Technology Association Digital Products and Websites
These Terms and Conditions of Use (the “Terms and Conditions”) apply to Public Safety Broadband Technology Association websites and digital products (each, a “Website”) and are between the user of the Website (“User”) and Public Safety Broadband Technology Association.
General Rules
Access to the Website or use of the Website content constitutes User’s agreement with these terms and Conditions. User acknowledges that User has read these Terms and Conditions and that User accepts the terms thereof. USER AGREES TO READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE WEBSITE. FirstNet Association reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of these Terms and Conditions, in whole or in part, at any time. Notification of changes in these Terms and Conditions will be posted on the Website, and User’s continued use of the Website affirmatively indicates User’s acknowledgment of such changes and User’s agreement to be bound by the Terms and Conditions as modified.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, User’s right to use the Website is not transferable and is subject to any restrictions established by Public Safety Broadband Technology Association.
Public Safety Broadband Technology Association may change, suspend, or discontinue any aspect of the Website at any time, at its sole discretion, without prior notice and without liability to User or any third party for such change, suspension, or discontinuance. Public Safety Broadband Technology Association may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict User’s access to parts or all of the Website without notice or liability.
SHOULD USER OBJECT TO ANY OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OR ANY SUBSEQUENT CHANGE OR MODIFICATION TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, OR SHOULD USER BECOME DISSATISFIED WITH THE WEBSITE IN ANY WAY, USER’S ONLY RECOURSE IS TO IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE USE OF THE WEBSITE. SO LONG AS USER CONTINUES TO USE THE WEBSITE, PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON USER’S FULL AND UNQUALIFIED ACCEPTANCE AND COMPLIANCE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
Access to the Website
User shall not have the right to sell, license, market, or lease the Website content to any party whatsoever without the prior written consent of Public Safety Broadband Technology Association. User shall not have the right to distribute the Website content in any manner to any third party or unauthorized user.
User hereby acknowledges that, as between Public Safety Broadband Technology Association and User or any party acting through User, all title to and ownership of the Website and its content remains vested in Public Safety Broadband Technology Association and nothing in these Terms and Conditions serves to transfer such ownership or title to User or any party acting through User. All copies and representations of content from the Website, including merged or modified portions, shall as between User and Public Safety Broadband Technology Association remain Public Safety Broadband Technology Association’s exclusive property, shall continue to be subject to these Terms and Conditions, and shall contain all Public Safety Broadband Technology Association copyright and other proprietary notices.
User agrees to use the Website only non-commercially, and only for User’s bona fide development or legitimate business purposes in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. User shall use all reasonable endeavors not to permit or allow the Website to be used by any party whatsoever for purposes not connected with User’s non-commercial, legitimate business purposes.
User agrees to report promptly to Public Safety Broadband Technology Association any observed violation of the above. User agrees that the Website shall not be used in any manner or for any purpose other than the permitted purposes as expressly described in these Terms and Conditions.
User shall notify the Website’s Webmaster of any known or suspected unauthorized use(s) of the Website through User’s account, or any known or suspected breach of security, including loss, theft, or unauthorized disclosure of User’s means of access.
User may not share User’s means of access with others. User acknowledges that User is responsible for all usage or activity on User’s Website account, including such use of the account by any third party. Any fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activity may be grounds for termination of User’s account, at FirstNet Association’s sole discretion, and User may be referred to appropriate law enforcement agencies. User agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold Public Safety Broadband Technology Association harmless against liability for any and all use of User’s account.
Authorized Usage of the Website Content
The contents of the Website are intended for the benefit of User’s legitimate non-commercial business. All materials displayed on the Website (including, but not limited to articles, reports, photographs, images, illustrations, audio clips and video clips, each also known as the “Content”) are protected by copyright, and owned or controlled by Public Safety Broadband Technology Association or the party credited as the provider of the Content, software, or other materials. Users shall abide by all copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any Content accessed through the Website. User acknowledges that he/she has no claim of ownership or other right to any Content by reason of its access, use, or otherwise.
The Website is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation, pursuant to U.S. copyright laws, international conventions, and other copyright laws. Copying or storing of any Content for other than User’s legitimate non-commercial business end-use is expressly prohibited without the prior written permission of Public Safety Broadband Technology Association or the copyright holder identified in the individual Content’s copyright notice. IN NO EVENT SHALL USER ALTER OR DELETE ANY AUTHOR ATTRIBUTION OR COPYRIGHT NOTICE.
Except as specifically provided in these Terms and Conditions, User may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, display, or in any way exploit, any of the Content, software, materials, or the Website in whole or in part. No use is permitted which benefits any party other than Public Safety Broadband Technology Association or User.
thePSBTA.org and other Public Safety Broadband Technology Association products referenced in a Public Safety Broadband Technology Association digital product or website are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Public Safety Broadband Technology Association. Other featured logos, product and company names are or may be service/trademarks of their respective owners.
User-Generated Content
You still own the content that you provide to Public Safety Broadband Technology Association under this agreement, but you the User grant Public Safety Broadband Technology Association an irrevocable and perpetual license to use any User-generated content posted on the Website by User, including the right to sub-license such User-generated content.
User represents and warrants that all content submitted to Public Safety Broadband Technology Association by User is owned by User or that they have the rights to submit to Public Safety Broadband Technology Association and that this submission is not in violation of any law, contractual restrictions, or other third party rights and is not obscene, threatening, harassing, defamatory, libelous, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable.
Warranty And Availability Of Service And Links
Neither Public Safety Broadband Technology Association nor thePSBTA.org represents or endorses the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement, or other information displayed, downloaded, uploaded, or distributed through the Website by any user, information provider, or any other person or entity. User acknowledges that any reliance upon any such opinion, advice, statement, or information shall be at User’s sole risk. Public Safety Broadband Technology Association reserves the right but not the obligation, in its sole discretion, to correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the Website.
THE WEBSITE IS DISTRIBUTED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY MATERIALS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE VIRUS-FREE OR ERROR-FREE. NEITHER PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION NOR ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING, OR DELIVERING THE WEBSITE CONTENT SHALL BE LIABLE UNDER ANY THEORY OF LAW (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT MAY ARISE IN CONNECTION WITH THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE, USER’s INABILITY TO USE, OR USER’s USE OF THE WEBSITE, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, ECONOMIC, LOST PROFIT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR OTHER KIND OF LOSS OR DAMAGE WHATSOEVER, EVEN IF PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. IN NO EVENT SHALL USER BE ENTITLED UNDER ANY THEORY OF LAW (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) TO ANY MONETARY DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF ANY FEE PAID BY USER FOR USE OF THE WEBSITE DURING THE 12-MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM FOR DAMAGES. USER’s RIGHT TO MONETARY DAMAGES IN SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER REMEDIES THAT USER MAY HAVE OTHERWISE HAD AGAINST PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION. USER EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT USER’s SOLE RISK.
The Website contains links to other related Internet sites, resources, and sponsors of the Website. Public Safety Broadband Technology Association is not responsible in any way for the availability of these outside resources or their contents. User should direct any concerns regarding any external link to that link’s site administrator or webmaster.
Public Safety Broadband Technology Association is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. Public Safety Broadband Technology Association is providing these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Public Safety Broadband Technology Association of the linked site or its contents.
General Provisions
These Terms and Conditions shall be construed and enforced in accordance with Nevada law. Any action to enforce these Terms and Conditions shall be brought in the federal or state courts located in Reno, Nevada.
Any rights not expressly granted to User in these Terms and Conditions are reserved to Public Safety Broadband Technology Association.
Any failure by Public Safety Broadband Technology Association to enforce any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not be construed as a continuing waiver of any rights under such provision.
These Terms and Conditions represent the entire agreement between Public Safety Broadband Technology Association and User concerning User’s use of the Website and supersede any prior understanding or agreement whether oral or written.
FIrstNet Association Community Terms of Service
The following Terms of Service apply to your use of this Community. You are solely responsible for your conduct and your content on the Community and compliance with these terms. By registering with us or using or browsing this Community, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these terms. This Community is not directed to anyone younger than 21 and is offered only to users 21 years of age or older. Any person who provides their personal information through this Community represents that they are 21 years of age or older.
You agree that you will not post, email or make available any content or use this Community:
Additionally, you agree not to:
To provide notice of alleged copyright infringement on this Community, please see the DMCA Notification Guidelines.
You agree not to authorize or encourage any third party to use this Community to facilitate any of the foregoing prohibited conduct. You also agree that these Community Terms of Service inure to the benefit of our service providers (including our Community platform provider) and that they may take action (including the removal of your content and disabling of your account) in order to maintain compliance with these Community Terms of Service. Technology and hosting for aspects of this Community are provided by this Community’s online service provider. However, the Community Creator of this Community controls the content, membership and policy of this Community, including those pages served by such service provider on behalf of this Community. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, by participating on this Community you agree to indemnify and hold harmless such service provider on all matters related to your interaction with others using this Community and participation with this Community.
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Privacy Policy and Use of Cookies
At Public Safety Broadband Technology Association we are committed to protecting your privacy. We do not rent or resell your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes. The information we collect is used to provide services to our clients and this statement of privacy explains data collection and use in those situations. Please read this complete privacy statement.
Public Safety Broadband Technology Association is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of non-thePSBTA.org websites to which this Site or any other thePSBTA.org website may link. Also, Public Safety Broadband Technology Association is not responsible for the privacy practices of its Clients or users of its Client websites. You should review any additional privacy policy and terms of use agreements of the entity from whose website you clicked-through before using the site.
Please note that the practices of Public Safety Broadband Technology Association its affiliates, and agents, with respect to data collected and used by YM in connection with this website and all other Public Safety Broadband Technology Association affiliated websites, and its affiliates with links to this policy (collectively, the “Site”) and Public Safety Broadband Technology Association services available or enabled via the Site (“Services”), are governed by this online privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) as amended from time to time, and not the privacy policy in effect at the time the data was collected. Please regularly review our Privacy Policy. If you have objections to the Privacy Policy, you should immediately discontinue use of the Site and the Services enabled by the Site and follow the procedure described in the section entitled “Updating your personal information and privacy preferences”. This Privacy Policy does not govern privacy practices associated with offline activities, websites other than the Site, or any products or services not available or enabled via the Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any terms of the Privacy Policy conflict with the terms of an existing written (including electronic) agreement between you and the website from which this Policy is linked, this Policy shall take precedence as it relate to the practices of Public Safety Broadband Technology Association.
U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework and the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework
Public Safety Broadband Technology Association complies with the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework and the U.S.-Swiss Safe Harbor Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries and Switzerland. Public Safety Broadband Technology Association has certified that it adheres to the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access, and enforcement. To learn more about the Safe Harbor program, and to view Public Safety Broadband Technology Association’s certification, please visit http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/
Public Safety Broadband Technology Association has further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the US-EU [and EU-Swiss] Safe Harbor Principles to an independent dispute resolution mechanism, the BBB EU SAFE HARBOR, operated by the Council of Better Business Bureaus. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint, or if your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed by Public Safety Broadband Technology Association, please visit the BBB EU SAFE HARBOR web site at www.bbb.org/us/safe-harbor-complaints for more information and to file a complaint.
If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact:
Public Safety Broadband Technology Association
7121 W Craig Road, Suite 113-21
Las Vegas NV 89129
USA
If you do not receive acknowledgment of your compliant or your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed by Public Safety Broadband Technology Association, you should then contact:
Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc.
4200 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22203
Web: bbb.org
Email: eusafeharbor@council.bbb.org
Entities Collecting Personal Information
Personal information on this site is collected on behalf of the entity from whose web page you clicked-through and who is responsible for this site content and data. Please contact the organization responsible regarding collection questions and data privacy.
The site contains links to other sites at which personal information is collected. In such instances, unless expressly provided otherwise, the collection and use of your personal information will be governed by the privacy policy applicable to that site. That privacy policy should identify the entity that is collecting your personal information.
Updating Your Personal Information and Privacy Preferences
You have the right to access and correct your personal information and privacy preferences at any time. With respect to Profile Information, this may be accomplished by linking to your account at “Edit My Profile”, where you can view and make changes to your personal information. You may also access and correct your personal information and privacy preferences (such as whether you wish to receive promotional communications) by writing the entity at their specified address within their contact information page on the site from which you have clicked.
Personal information submitted through this Site or in connection with the Site that is not Profile Information or is not accessible online. To access and/or correct such information and privacy preferences (such as whether you wish to receive promotional communications), you may write the entity of contact them via their online contact form. In your correspondence, please detail the location on this Site or otherwise where you provided your personal information. You may expect a response within 30 days. For information submitted in connection with Products and Services, you may also follow instructions included or referenced within such Product and Service to access or correct the information.
Collection of Personal Information
As a visitor to this site, you can engage in many activities without providing any personal information. In connection with other activities, such as utilizing online or hosted Services, the Site may ask you to provide certain information about yourself by filling out and submitting a form. It is optional for you to engage in these activities. If you elect to engage in these activities, however, the Site may ask that you provide personal information, such as your first and last name, mailing address (including postal code), country of residence, e-mail address, employer, title, telephone and facsimile numbers, and other personal information. When participating in electronic commerce via the Site, you may be asked to provide a credit card number. Depending upon the activity, some of the information that is asked of you may be mandatory and some may be voluntary. If you do not provide the mandatory data with respect to a particular activity, you will not be able to engage in that activity. Similarly, if you wish to delete your information (pursuant to the mechanism set forth in “Updating your personal information and privacy preferences”) that is mandatory, you will no longer be able to engage in a particular activity.
When you use the site and the Products and Services, the site may also collect certain information about your computer to facilitate and evaluate your use of the site and the Products and Services. For example, the site may log environmental variables, such as browser type, operating system, CPU speed, referring or exit webpages, and the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your computer. The Site also uses such information to measure traffic patterns on the Site and usage of the Public Safety Broadband Technology Association Services. Public Safety Broadband Technology Association does not match such information with any other information held by Public Safety Broadband Technology Association unless we have your consent.
By using this site, you agree and acknowledge that personal information collected through the Site or in connection with the services provided may be transferred across national boundaries and stored and processed in any of the countries around the world in which YM maintains offices, including the United States. You also acknowledge that in certain countries or with respect to certain activities, the collection, transfer, storage, and processing of your information may be undertaken by trusted third parties. Such third parties are bound by contract with YM not to use your personal information for their own purposes or provide it to any third parties. One instance where this could occur is in conjunction with framed pages in which the URL for the pages is not visible, and the pages are hosted for YM by such third parties. For example, on the sign up pages for some newsletters, the pages may be hosted by a third party vendor, but appear to be pages operated by YM and are governed by the YM privacy policy.
Unless expressly provided to the contrary, personal information that you provide while you are visiting a third party provider’s website will be subject to the privacy policy posted on that site, and personal information that you provide while on this Site will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
How Your Personal Information is Used
YM collects your information in order to record, support and facilitate your participation on the site from which this policy is linked. If you subscribe to or register on the site, for example, the information is used provide access to the website and other benefits that may be made available to registered users. Your personal information is also used to track your website preferences and keep you informed within the community unless you have opted not to receive such communications or such communications are prohibited by law.
YM may collect information about the use of the Services and the site, such as the number of downloads, types of Services used, how many users we receive daily, and the IP/Internet address of your computer. This information is collected in aggregate form, without identifying any user individually.
YM may use this aggregate, non-identifying statistical data for improving the Site and Services, providing more relevant experiences to our clients and for statistical analysis.
Use of Cookies
When someone visits this site, standard internet log information and details of visitor behavior patterns are collected. This is done to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is collected in a manner in which it does not identify anyone. No attempts are made to find out the identities of those visiting this site. No data gathered from this site is associated to/with any personally identifying information from any source. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings.
Google Analytics cookies may be used on this site. These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use this site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors come to the site from, browsing patterns on this site, and the pages they visited.
Please note that YM is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of non-YM websites to which this site or any other YM website may link. Also, YM is not responsible for the privacy practices of its Clients or users of its Client websites. You should review the additional privacy policy of the Client site before using the site and contact the organization should you have questions regarding their policies.
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